Lanz & Competition | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Analysis
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2023
- Lanz fits that protective best friend vibe a little too much like his predecessor. But he still comes through with his own theme of competing to a fault and not empathizing with those who don't want to compete. Just don't ask about Joran.
This does overlap quite a bit with the Sena video but so be it. Their stories are similar and intertwined. - Hry
these characters are so human, i believe that these 6 are some of most well written characters in gaming and in general
mostly they feel real, showing differents trait and personality, they are one of the most humans team to be found in gaming. About well written, yes. They get over they problem and they go through character development that they face their fear and problem and they become stronger, so strong that they can face what life is and living. That is what well written character is, and they fight their problem for only themself become stronger.
I've always maintained that you really need to look at the Heroes as foils and supporting characters to their respective class inheritors but never quite knew how to square Lanz and Triton. Thanks for putting that into focus
Lanz is the best of the supportive best friend character
Around 5:18 As one of the few Lanz fans, i would argue, you are forgetting the importance of his side story, for this development, side story that can be access before the prision, and it recontextualizes the prision scenes a lot.
It even reflex on the progress it will be done on the main story later on. Lanz as he became an Ouroboros, changed his post goal. Before it was being on the top, but now he is focusing on Freedom, this is important, because at this point he doesn't understand freedom, he just thinks is something he can fight and obtain through becoming the top dog, or being with the ones fighting the top dogs to obtain it, The City. This is where he begins to get out of his funk and beliefs, when he see's that The City training methods are the same... He feels lost "How can i become to the top dog and obtain this freedom, if im the same weakling that couldn't save his friend, and who am i allying with is the same?", and then Lanz meets a guy doing juggling for money and when he questions him, his answer throws him even more out of his funk "Why should i follow others?", this is *VITAL* for what's coming. Lanz it's completely out of his funk, just piss off at how confuse and disconnected he feels, and then comes this City guy to question him, after he everything he went through. This seens like a recipe for disaster, but then it enters the antidote, the one thing that can sometimes wake up someone, a mirror, Lanz finds Garvel who is stuck as who he could be. And suddenly he understand, no one can guide him, no one can free him, he has to do it himself. It's why when everyone is talking about the torpedo warp, they don't realize that since he left the last mission his mind just has been working and working for his answer, he wants more freedom, he wants more choices, he doesn't want to compete for the top, that's the illusion he has been following and now he is not going to follow anyone, he is going to go and grab it by himself.
But on the prision he is again, confronted with how he appears to others with Sena, and now he knows it's his choice, opening up here, it's not just answering for Sena's sake, it's for his own sake, with Taion he tried to cover it up at the end, with Sena, he just lays it bare and willingly calls himself and her the mightiest of weaklings. Don't get me wrong, Lanz loves fighting, i think that of the main cast, he's the only one that i could see trying to make a living off rather then just using it while necessary. And then on the battle with N, that choice was probably be made on the same mentality as Jordan? Maybe, i would argue that instead of the reason Jordan gives, it's for the same reason that Jordan did it, because he care about his friends, and wanted them to be live, even if it meant his death. This is reflected when in the prision he says that he has been chasing for freedom and now that he lost it, he wants it even more. Because now he understands what freedom truly is, it's about your choices and consequences, it's something he always had, but when you are trap in a small room with the fate of a friends hanging and being able to do nothing because he doesn't have any way to use all the strength he has gather, he feels impotency of losing it.
Finally his final encounter with Jordan, there he has now gone full circle, look at how he begins all the arguments where Noah is able to connect with him, that's no coincidence, Lanz is not good with words, this is clear, he can connect with Sena, Taion, Eunie, Noah and Mio when he is alone, but with a lot of people in front of him, he can't. And when he is thinking to himself, he tends to ignore everyone around him, focusing only in connecting with himself. But finally, after the whole discussion with Noah and Jordan that he allow to happen he gains the courage to take this freedom that he has been given and open up to everyone around him.
And finally, in the end, that scene which is more for the viewers then the characters to make it clear, Lanz on his own way, apologises for his actions as a kid. It may came out as a competitive, but that's because it's the beginning and Lanz just isn't good with words when he has to be open up.
I would argue that, the story is more about how competition can blind you to life, to how you live life, to how there is no right way to live life.
I love how Lanz is more than just "the dumb meathead" and is complex enough to be distinct from someone like Reyn (not to say that Reyn is bad). Lanz was always been my favorite Ouroboros member.
Lanz is my personal favorite of the xc3 cast since his struggle is something I can deeply relate to
That picture of the line for therapy is far too short for the amount of people who need therapy in Xenoblade chronicles
I know people joke about Future Redeemed Rex basically being “Xenoblade Zoro”, but Lanz seems to fit that much more in terms of character
This was a banger video 🤙🏼🤙🏼 puts so many things into perspective about Lanz that most people probably haven’t thought about. When I first did Lanz’s side story, I was super confused about what the street performer had to do with anything, but now I feel silly for not realizing sooner!!
Really, I got the impression that Sena was the least popular. Probably because she has so few hero supports and her second quest was about Gondor and Shania. As for Lanz, folks can say what they want about him being the third coming of Reyn and Zeke. But at least his backstory with Joran and him staring in his own quest.
I feel like there should have been more emphasis on how Joran is basically the Shania to Lanz's story oppossed to Sena, but alas. Good video
This video and your analysis are fantastic, I can't wait to see more! It always makes me happy to see the xenoblade community growing with so many great new content creators!
Man, I love your character analyses. I hope you do more characters from xc3. Keep up the good work!
Triton would have adored Alrest.
Good video
;>; Lanz and Eunie are my favorites